NYCFC are averaging 11.6 fouls drawn per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 22.9 total fouls drawn on average. That puts them 9th of 30 for team fouls drawn per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player foul-drawn-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Nashville SC, and a full match-by-match log.
Nicolás Fernández Mercau leads with 25 fouls drawn across 9 qualifying appearances (2.78/g, 100% hit rate). The fouls-drawn-rate table below ranks every NYCFC player by fouls drawn per qualifying appearance and six-game form.
NYCFC are averaging 11.6 fouls drawn per game over 10 games and concede 11.3 for a match-total of 22.9. That ranks 9th of 30 for team fouls drawn. They commit 12 fouls per game themselves (drawn/committed ratio of 0.97).
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Fouls-drawn matchup blends our attackers' draw rate (50%) with the opposition's fouls-committed rate (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Nashville SC, the page weights NYCFC's ball-carriers against the opposition's last-season fouls-committed rate.
NYCFC's ratio is currently 0.97 — that means they draw 0.97 fouls for every one they commit. Above 1.0 is good for forward foul-draw markets; below 1.0 is the reverse.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 NYCFC fixtures in the active window for 2026. Team-level fouls drawn is aggregated from per-player rows since Sportmonks doesn't always populate it directly.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their fouls-drawn rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls drawn | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolás Fernández Mercau | midfielder | 9 | 25 | 2.78 | 100% |
| Maxi Moralez | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Arnau Farnós | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Máximo Carrizo | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Agustín Ojeda | attacker | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 80% |
| Luighi | attacker | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Keaton Parks | midfielder | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 67% |
| Hannes Wolf | attacker | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Jonathan Shore | midfielder | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 57% |
| James Sands | midfielder | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 57% |
| Bénie Traoré | attacker | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 57% |
| Andrés Perea | midfielder | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 56% |
| Tayvon Gray | defender | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 44% |
| Talles Magno | attacker | 5 | 5 | 1 | 40% |
| Malachi Jones | attacker | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 38% |
| Nico Cavallo | defender | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 33% |
| Raul Gustavo | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Kai Trewin | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Kevin O'Toole | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Matt Freese | goalkeeper | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Thiago Martins | defender | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Max Murray | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mitja Ilenčič | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Seymour Reid | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls drawn | Opposition fouls drawn | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Toronto | Away | 1-1 | 9 | 13 | 22 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau (4) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | New England | Away | 1-1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | Nico Cavallo (2) |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Cincinnati | Away | 2-1 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau (4) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Philadelphia Union | Home | 2-3 | 20 | 14 | 34 | Keaton Parks (4) |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Toronto | Home | 1-1 | 12 | 10 | 22 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau (5) |
| 25 Jul 2026 | Chicago Fire | Home | 3-1 | 16 | 6 | 22 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau (4) |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Columbus Crew | Away | 1-2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | Hannes Wolf (2) |
| 24 May 2026 | Nashville SC | Away | 2-1 | 9 | 12 | 21 | Malachi Jones (2) |
| 16 May 2026 | New York RB | Away | 1-1 | 16 | 9 | 25 | Tayvon Gray (3) |
| 13 May 2026 | Charlotte | Away | 0-1 | 12 | 19 | 31 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau (3) |